Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/uɸoreidos

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From *uɸo- (“under”) +‎ *reidos (“ride, chariot”), the latter from *reideti (“to ride, move”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“to ride, move”). Related to Proto-Germanic *rīdaną (“to ride”) (whence English ride).^[1]

Noun

*uɸoreidos m

horse
Synonyms: *ekʷos, *kaballos, *markos

Declension

Masculine o-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*uɸoreidos	*uɸoreidou	*uɸoreidoi
vocative	*uɸoreide	*uɸoreidou	*uɸoreidoi
accusative	*uɸoreidom	*uɸoreidou	*uɸoreidoms
genitive	*uɸoreidī	*uɸoreidous	*uɸoreidom
dative	*uɸoreidūi	*uɸoreidobom	*uɸoreidobos
locative	*uɸoreidei	*?	*?
instrumental	*uɸoreidū	*uɸoreidobim	*uɸoreidūis

Descendants

Proto-Brythonic: *gworuɨð
- Middle Welsh: gorwyð
  - Welsh: gorwydd
Gaulish: *werēdos
- → Late Latin: verēdus; ⇒ paraverēdus (see there for further descendants)
Hispano-Celtic:
- →? Galician: verea (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
- →? Portuguese: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)
- →? Spanish: vereda (or derived from Late Latin verēdus)

References

^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-rēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398

[1] Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*ufo-rēdo-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 398

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